Rome Ancient Ruins and Colosseum Walking Tour

Admire the Roman Forum where everyday Roman citizens used to live, see the tomb of emperor Julius Caesar, and explore the ancient ruins at your own pace.
Continue your visit with the Palatine Hill, the site of the foundation of Rome, and the settlement of the most important houses of emperors and kings. At the end, step inside one of the world's most famous monuments: the Colosseum.
A five-minute walk from the Colosseum, there is one of the world’s great treasures: the Basilica of San Clemente with his excavations. Two churches, one built over the other. Visiting San Clemente means making a real voyage of discovery into the long history of the city through the centuries. San Clemente is a place that never ceases to fascinate, its wealth of history and art continuously gives rise to new studies that challenge to our understanding of the past.

Meeting Point

Touristation Aracoeli

Piazza d'Aracoeli, 16, 00186 Roma RM, Italy

What's included:

• App Audioguide for Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine HIll
• Basilica of San Clemente entrance (free entry)
• Multimedia video
• City walking tour
• San Clemente excavations reserved entrance ticket
• Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill reserved entrance ticket

Not included:

• Audioguide for Basilica and Excavations of San Clemente
• Headsets
• Drink and food
• Pick up from and to the hotel

What to expect:

Duration: 6 hours

Touristation Aracoeli

Piazza d'Aracoeli, 16, 00186 Roma RM, Italy

Report at the meeting point, next to Piazza Venezia to redeem the tickets included in your pass. Star your experience with the multimedia video about ancient Rome

30 minutes

Foro Romano

Largo della Salara Vecchia 5/6, , Rome, 00186

The Forum was originally covered by a swamp. It was only in the late 7th century BCE that the valley was reclaimed and the Roman Forum began to take shape. It was destined to remain the centre of public life for over a millennium.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Palatine Hill

Piazza Santa Maria Nova, 53, Rome, 00186

According to an ancient tradition, it was in this hill that Romulo built the first nucleus of Roma in the second half of the 8th century BC. Excavations have revealed huts and tombs of the Iron Age and the ancient fortification. The Palatine was also the center of worship as that of Cibeles, the personification of the fertile land, an ambivalent goddess symbolizing the creative and destructive force of nature.
Between the 2nd and 1st century BC the Palatine became a residential colony for the Roman aristocracy. In this period the House of Griffi was built, famous for its paintings. Emperor Augustus transformed the Palatine into the official power center and began a program of building imperial palaces and restructuring and expanding buildings built by former emperors.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Colosseum

Piazza del Colosseo, 1, Rome, 00184

Admire the biggest and most famous evidence of the ancient world. Called by the ancient Romans, "Anphitheatrum Flavlum" (Flavian Amphitheatre), the Colosseum is the most famous and impressive monument of ancient Rome, as well as the largest amphitheater in the world. The name is undoubtedly linked to the large size of the building but derives above all from the fact that nearby there was a colossal statue of Nero and bronze.

1 hour

Basilica of San Clemente

Via Labicana 95, Rome, 00184

It is one of the most interesting and ancient basilicas of Rome, erected before 385 and dedicated to Saint Clemente, the third pope after Saint Peter. It consists of two overlapping churches, built on Roman buildings of the Republican age and on the remains of a temple of the god Mithra.

1 hour, 30 minutes